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Chapter 282 Sitting on the ground and asking for the price, the negotiation is not going well

After the idea of ​​acquiring foxmail came up, this matter became Gao Yang's first priority now.

Foxmail must be taken down. This matter is very important to the future development of the 51 series and the current development.

What's more, it is very possible to introduce Zhang Xiaolong, a great man.

After arranging for Jin Yang to contact Boda Company immediately, Gao Yang turned around and asked Wu Ruohan and Tong Hua to find China Merchants Bank, the account opening bank of Jiaoyang Company, to seek loan cooperation.

The cash flow of Sunshine Company is so good that China Merchants Bank once took the initiative to come to the door to ask if there is any need for a loan, but in the past Sunshine Company never needed a loan.

Now, bank loan interest rates are relatively low. In the past ten years, the central bank has been cutting interest rates. The benchmark loan interest rate for one to three years has dropped from 1995% in 13.5 to the current 5.49%.

Gao Yang is not willing to withdraw funds from the stock market now, if he has a bank loan and doesn't use it, that would be called stupid.

Before noon, Wu Ruohan and Tong Hua came back and reported that China Merchants Bank was willing to grant 8000 million credits to Sunshine Company to supplement the company's working capital. After signing the credit contract, the loan was available at any time.

China Merchants Bank's loan interest rate for one to three years is very favorable, 5.6%, and the annualized rate is 6.72%.

Gao Yang was very satisfied, and asked Wu Ruohan and Tong Hua to sign a credit contract with China Merchants Bank in the afternoon.

The acquisition of foxmail must be done, and it must be negotiated quickly.

Let alone 4000 million, Gao Yang won't blink if he spends 5000 million to buy it.

In Gao Yang's eyes, money is a bastard, and it won't take long to earn tens of millions from the stock market.

It's not a problem at all.

On Jinyang's side, he got in touch with Boda very quickly. Now Boda has become an international company with a headquarters in the United States, an Asian headquarters in Shanghai, and a European headquarters in Paris. .

The president of the company is Zhu Yue, and he actually works in Shanghai on a daily basis, and the Foxmail team is also in Shanghai.

Jin Yang made an appointment to visit Boda Company, and Gao Yang asked Shao Hanyun to arrange and book a plane ticket immediately. On the morning of September 9, he flew directly to Shanghai with Jin Yang, He Guangwen and Fang Jian to discuss the acquisition of Foxmail.

Along with her, there will be Gu Yawen.

In the afternoon, when Gu Yawen heard that Gao Yang was going to spend tens of millions of dollars to acquire an email product and team, she was instantly stunned.

After Gao Yang explained, Gu Yawen smiled and expressed her support.

Gao Yang wants to do a big business in the field of Internet media. He has a long-term vision and is considering the layout step by step. He also has many friends who follow him. Gu Yawen must also support him if he spends tens of millions to acquire a project with great value.

Tens of millions, in fact, is really nothing.

Sunshine Company made money in one year.

On the morning of the 21st, Gao Yang and his party of six arrived in Shanghai, and met Zhu Yue smoothly.

After talking, I found out that the situation of Boda Company is not what I found on the Internet.

Zhu Yue is the president of Boda, but Boda also has a parent company named Yingtai Education Group, which is an A-share listed company.

After Foxmail was acquired by Borda, the speed of user development is actually quite average. Now it is only in the early 500 million, and it has added more than 4 million new users in 100 years.

However, Boda has spent a lot of effort on enterprise-level mail servers in recent years.

Zhu Yue was also very surprised when Jin Yang proposed the idea of ​​acquiring Foxmail on behalf of 51.com.

In this matter, Zhu Yue cannot fully decide on his own, so he has to discuss it with Yingtai Education.

After learning about this situation, the two parties agreed that on the morning of September 9, after Zhu Yue reported to the parent company, they would continue to discuss in detail.

Gao Yang was rather happy. Judging from Zhu Yue's attitude, Yingtai might sell foxmail. Moreover, Goose Factory didn't seem to have contacted Yingtai to discuss the acquisition of foxmail.

Back at the hotel at noon, Gao Yang, Fang Jian and the others began to look up Yingtai's financial reports and materials for the past two or three years, and finally found out the development of Boda in the past two or three years.

Although relatively simple, Gao Yang and the others also analyzed it.

In the past few years, Boda has expanded too fast and too blindly, and its operation is actually quite passive.

Make no money at all!
Such a company, apart from personnel and some equipment, actually doesn't have many assets.

On the Yingtai side, there is obviously a motivation to get rid of this burden, and it may even be more urgent.

In the morning, when communicating with Zhu Yue, Gao Yang also felt that Boda, the president, is not in a good mood. Although it is not obvious, it can be seen that the pressure is relatively high.

After 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Jin Yang received a call from Zhu Yue, saying that he had already contacted him, and at 9:[-] tomorrow morning, he would negotiate in the office building of Yingtai Group.

Afterwards, Gao Yang and others discussed tomorrow's negotiation strategy together, and finally decided that Gao Yang will make the final decision on the spot.

On the morning of September 9, the two parties met at Yingtai Group. From Yingtai, the president, vice president of operations and chief financial officer came out.Boda Company is Zhu Yue and Zhang Xiaolong.

Yingtai did intend to sell it, but asked Boda Company to sell it as a whole, and even called out a sky-high price of 8000 million or 1000 million US dollars.

Gao Yang was a little speechless, what the hell do I want a company like you with no future to do, I only want foxmail and this technical team.

Gao Yang had an interview today as the chairman of 51.com.

Although 51 Tongcheng is only developing in the capital, it is well-known in the Internet circle, and its registered users have exceeded one million.

The research department led by Long Ping made an analysis report on the capital real estate market in the first half of the year, as well as monthly analysis reports for July and August, which had a relatively large influence in the industry and were quoted many times by newspapers and websites.

On the morning of the 22nd, the two parties communicated for two hours. Yingtai insisted on transferring Boda Company as a whole, and the price was negotiable, but Gao Yang was unwilling to accept such a mess.

I had no choice but to express my position and discuss it for now, and we will talk again on the morning of the 23rd.

In the afternoon, both He Guangwen and Fang Jian had to return to Beijing. Tomorrow, everyone at 51 was going to start the closed beta test. There were a lot of things to do.

At noon, Gao Yang began to think about how to break the situation, and finally decided to try to communicate with Zhang Xiaolong alone.

After lunch break, it was almost 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Gao Yang took out Zhang Xiaolong's business card, made a phone call, and tried to ask him out for dinner in the evening.

Zhang Xiaolong hesitated for a while, but finally complied reluctantly.

Gao Yang was overjoyed, if he could persuade Zhang Xiaolong to quit, even if he couldn't receive foxmail, it would be a big gain.

With Zhang Xiaolong joining, it is the same to develop your own free email address for promotion, although the speed will be much slower than the direct acquisition of foxmail.

In the afternoon, Fang Jian and He Guangwen returned to the capital. At 6:[-] in the evening, the four of Gao Yang rushed to a hotel Zhang Xiaolong had agreed upon, which was still a little far away.

Zhang Xiaolong probably didn't want the company to know that he was in private contact with Gao Yang and others.

Before departure, Gao Yang said to Jin Yang: "Zhang Xiaolong is willing to see us, which means that he is not satisfied with the current discovery of Boda. We want foxmail. The key to whether we can succeed in the end lies in Zhang Xiaolong. The top of the second generation of programmers."

Jin Yang said: "This one is not short of money. He had 4 million four years ago."

Gao Yang said with a smile: "There is no shortage of money, so we have to talk about ideals and the future."

Jin Yang said with a smile: "Okay, you make me laugh, I'll make me laugh..."

(End of this chapter)